No, doe doe bird. It means His temptation was genuine, not a fake show to trick us into thinking He was, but was not.
Genuine? What does that mean? Was He tempted in
ALL things as we are, yet without sin. Are you sure you have the slightest idea what you are talking about? I'm about 100% sure you don't.
Men are tempted by various things.
So?
"For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in
all things as we are, yet without sin".
Jesus was tempted like men are, but this does not mean He was tempted exhaustively in every way
The bible says that you are a liar.
Jesus may have found women attractive, but He did not lust. He enjoyed food, but was not a glutton. He was not tempted to murder or be gay.
You don't know Jesus from Adam (literally, not metaphorically).
He was tempted by Satan to put Himself first instead of the Father. He was tempted to not die on the cross if He did not have to (take this cup away if possible?).
I'll get to this in a minute.
These were genuine temptations fulfilling the meaning of temptation. He was not tempted in the heinous list you gave. You should know better to suggest I might believe this.
I suggested it because it is consistent with your bizzare interpretation of what it means when the bible says that Jesus was tempted in ALL THINGS as we are, yet without sin.
The impeccability of Christ views do not even imply this regardless whether you think Christ could have sinned and did not OR that He could not have sinned (impossible) and did not.
That doesn't make sense. Since Jesus could not sin, He would not sin. If He could sin and did not, then your view of temptation would have to include ALL things that were on my list, which is absurd.
The bottom line is that He is the sinless Savior and did not sin. Temptation is not a sin. Yielding to it is and He never did.
Because He couldn't.
On the other hand, we are condemned sinners even if we are not tempted by your list. We still yield in at least one other area and it differs for each person.
Like you said, that is because we
were sinners. And we are still tempted, because we still live in a body that is dead because of sin.
Temptation being possible does not mean we are tempted in every way possible.
The discussion is about Jesus, and how He was tempted, which the bible says He was tempted in ALL things.
Can you try to be more respectful and reasonable and dialogue in a mature manner without attributing worst case scenarios to me all the time?
If you are going to say things that are immature and disrespctful to the gospel, I am going to have to try and communicate with you on your level.
You do know that the word temptation comes from the root meaning
to attempt or
to test, right?
Satan attempted to test Jesus, but he failed, because Jesus is God in the flesh. The attempts made by Satan proved who Jesus is.
As you stated earlier, you are not tempted to take drugs. Yet, I can attempt to get you to take drugs. I can tempt you to take drugs. This is also what it means to be tempted. You may have never been tempted to take drugs, but at some point in your life, somone may have attempted to get you to take them.
There were attempts from several places to get Jesus to sin, but the temptations were never from within. You tempt yourself to sin...
"Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death".
Is Jesus God, godrulz? Does Jesus have His own lust?
Jesus was not tempted from within, but there were attempts made to test Him, and He passed the test, because He is God in the flesh.
To say that Jesus could have sinned, is to deny that God is manifest in the flesh. That is the spirit of antiChrist.
